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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-14

Petition of large number of citi-
zen tax payers was read asking that a
levy of 3 mills on the dollar be made
and the proceeds used to extend the
Main street wharf tie deep water On
motion, the petition was referred to
the Construction Committee.
The Street Commissioner reported
the Long bridge very much in need of
repairs, and was instructed to estimate
what. such repairs would cost and re-
port the same to the Council ut next
meeting.
On motion, the Council adjourned.
OCTOBER 18th, 1887.
The City Council met persuant to
adjournment, his Honor Mayor Cham
bers presiding.
Upon roll call Councilmen Bettman,
Dobbins, Murphy and OBrien were
noted present.
The Committee on Harbor Improve
ment to whom was referred the petit
ton of citizen tax payers, requesting
the extension of Main street wharf to
deep water, made report that they had
fully considered the same, and finding
that such a contract could be made
for an extension of 1000 feet as would
warrant the Council in proceeding in
the premises, they recommended that
the petition be granted and the work
of construction pushed forward at
once.
On motion the report of the Com
mittee was adopted.
Report of the Street Commissioner
on the necessary repairs for Long
bridge was read and on motion re-
ferred to the Street Committee.
On motion the Council adjourned.
ROBT. MARI, Clerk.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-14

IN abiding to a matter of consider
able local interest to the people, the
Seattle Press says: 1.-The Olympia
Pafis"a and Standard are having
controversy about whether it was
Democratic or Republican influence
that secured the removal Of the Land
Office from that place to Seattle. The
Partisan charges the new Democratic
officials at Olympia with aiding in the
movement, and also in one now, said
to be in progress, to secure the remov-
al OF the Surveyor Generals office to
that place also. The fact is that SO
far as the Land Office was concerned
the petition was so unanimously sign
cd that the officers of the Department
could scarcely do otherwise than or
der its removal. So far the rs the Sur
veyor Generals office is concerned
there seems to be no similar demand
for a change. The work in that Of
flee can Just as well be done in Olym-
pia as anywhere else, and we can see
no good cause for its removal, unless
it be to serve the convenience of those
in charge of the office"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-14

ANOTHER terrible railroad disaster is
reported this week. 1t occurred at
Kout, Indiana, on the Chicago and
Atlantic route. 1t seems that the
east-bound express, which had left
Chicago the previous evening with
large number of passengers, stopped
near that station to make some trifiing
repairs to the locomotive machinery,
when heavy freight train ran crush
ing into the rear cars. The usual re-
suit of fire speedily transformed the
shattered mass in to a blazing pile in
which thirty human beings lost their
lives. The accident is said to have
been the result of gross carelessness.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-14

Olympia, Oct. 10th, 1887.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-10-14

In abundance, at lower prices than any
competitor can afford to sell. Dishpans
or oro n, % cents up: o1X quart mix pans al
We buy the above lines of goods
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30

No War Justinabic Except War ON Erro-
neous Opinion.


neous Opinion.
Ihs great Chieftain who lies buried at
RlverslaJ no doubt ielt the full force Of the
prayer:
"Let US have peace"
He hal leaned that "Cly4l war leaves moth
in2 but IomDs."
Ihe greatest military heroes have not been
thole VINO shed blooi FOR the love of IT.
Wellington said, flake my word for It, II
you had seen but one day OF war, you would
pray 10 Almighty God that YOU might never
such thing again.
The sentiment that war is a @relic OF barbar-
ism" aud-as method OF setting lnterna-
tlonal differencss-shouid Do shelyed with
other obsolete relics Of darker ages, Is
growing Que. The idea OF arbitration IL more
Dotttng modern civilization
But 1t Is recognized that the sentiment Let
us have peace" must be given broader mean
ing If Its iull benefit Is 10 be realzsd.
We SEQ the cathollcity which the trend OF
modern thought develops in the efforts for
tho union or the churches, the striking down
of the barriers which have been hindranoe
to the advancement Of the true faith.
1t is noticeable, too, in the leniency, growing
yearly more marked, shown by the medical
schools toward each other lime was when
practitioner OF one school willingly, II not
gladly, noted the death or patient of
physician Of another school Tue "brother-
hood of man" ideas of the present day took
no root in the medical profession OF quar-
ter of century ago.
Now, physicians OF the highest stand ng ad-
nit, and dare publish to tho world, their be-
lief in the efficacy of that professional bette
noir, the proprietary medicine
The late Dr. j. q. Holland, an educated
physician some years ago wrote in Scribaer'S
Magazine, of which he was editor: ut is u
fact that many of the best proprietary med
icines of the day are more successful than
many physicians, and most of them were
first discovered and used in actual medical
practice"
Millions of people all over the globe confirm
this statement
The celebrated Dr. r. A. Gum, of the Mod
ical College of New York, in his published
book, recommends the use of Warmers safe
cure in cases of bright's disease, and other
kidney disorders, and says he knows the rem
edy is used by leading physicians. 1t not only
cures kidney disease, but the many other
common named diseases which would not pre-
vail were the kidneys sound.
That great public teacher, Dr. Dio Lewis,
had the courage to write to the proprietors OF
Warmers safe cure, after a full investigation
Of Its merits, "lf found myself the victim
of serious kidney trouble, l should use
your prepare tons" The serious nature OF
kidney disorders is that they are the real
cause of nearly all the diseases from which
we suffer. If, therefore, the kidneys are kept
in health, we shall escape all such diseases.
The world is growing more tolerant as
intelligence increases; Grant but voiced the
have peace" and Tennyson builded better
than he knew when he wrote:
"Ring ont old Shapes OF foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust OF gold;
Ring out the thousand years of old,
Ring in the thousand years OF peace"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30
The Starving Poor OF Ireland.


William Hennessy was the only Irish
peasant whom l had met that had no
humor in him-or at any rate did not
show any. He was horribly in earnest
from beginning to end. Look where
he sleeps" he almost sore imed; "a
place more fit for brute haste than
for man; there it is, and he and two
gossoons (their mother is dead share
it between them. "Gossoons" means
boys, and, striding up to the dark cor
ner where the bed Law, he pulled it
roughly about, dragging out the coarse
sacks which served as blanket and COW
erlet, then tossing up the moldy, stale,
broken straw. 1t did not appear to
occur to him that in tossing about the
things in that manner he was making
work for James Walsh when James
Walsh returned home at night from
the gombeen mans to his cold-as-death
pratIes. He was, as l have said, hor-
ribly in earnest; he was too complete
ly possessed by the idea of the human
misery he was depicting in a wild.
stormy way. "You see that big stone,"
he said, in quieter tone, when we went
outside. The stone was an enor-
nous boulder, weighing l don't know
how many tons. and he told me story
about it. Under that boulder, he said,
noise of hammering had been heard
many time at midnight during
period of forty years. The wise folk
about the place said that treasure must
be concealed beneath the stone, and
that some ancient ghost was notifying
the fact to Living men; so five of the
Corrigeen CHARACTERIZATION Hennessy
among them-resolved to remove the
boulder. This they did in the dead of
night with the help of a lever. Hen
messy was deputed by his four associ-
ates to search the hole. He did so, and
found a sty kettle. All this was very
superstitions of Hennessy and his
friends, but men better educated be-
lieve in things as absurd as ghosts and
hidden treasures; besides, Hennessy
and his friends, in spite of their super
stition, are perhaps pretty good judges
of the Irish land question
Poor James Walsh's plat of potatoes
looked very ragged and scraggy. "The
accursed deer!" exclaimed Hennessy
again; "the accursed deerp And he
described how they come up at night
and in the morning from the beautiful
glen opposite aud enter the field and
garden plats, and how the peasants sit
up at night to watch for them, and how
very often it seems as if the deer were
not coming; the watchers retire to rest,
only to find that the deer have COM
mitted more ravages in an hour than
the sleepers can replace by the wages
of a weeks toll. All the tenants tell
the same story. as no allowance made
to you in your rent for all that dam
age?" ask. no." is the universal
reply.-London Daily NeWs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30
Ships OF Yore.

There was a poetry in the dress of
the people who had the handling of
the big Indian ships which you will
not get out Of the brass buttons and
two-pcnny cuff rings of the contempt
rary skipper and mate. Nowadays it
is almost impossible to tell the differ
ence between the rigs of the mercan-
tile captain, the dockmaster, the GUS
toms man, and the harbor master. But
what do you say to blue coat, black
velvet lapels, cuffs and collars, with
bright gold embroidery, waistcoat and
breeches of deep buff, the buttons of
yellow gilt, cooked hats, side arms, and
so forth? What dress has done for
romance ashore we know. Pull off the
feathered hats and high boots, the
magnificent doublets and diamond
buckles of maay of those gentlemen
of olden times, who show very stately
in history. and button them up in tho
plain frock coat of to-day, and who
knows but you might be diverted
with procession of very Insignificant
objects?
In the poetical days of the sea pro-
fession the ships very honestly de-
served the dignity they got from the
gilded and velvety figures that sparkled
on their quarter decks. Over DO
nobler fabrics of wood did the red en-
sign ever fly. They were manned like
line of battle ship. Observe this
resolution arrived at by the Court of
Directors, held the 18th of October,
1901: "lhat a ship of 900 tons do
carry 10 men; 1000 tons, 100; LOO
tons, 125; 1900 tons, 100 men" Were
not these fine times for Jack? How
many of crew goes to the manning of
a ,200-ton ship nowadays? And it is
proper to note that of these $50 men
there were only ten servants--a cap
tain's steward, ships steward, and men
to attend to the mate, surgeon, boat
swain, gunner, and carpenter. Con-
trast these with the number of walters
who swell the ships company of our
5,000-ton mail-boats. Those vessels
went armed, too, as befitted the
majesty of the bunting under which
old Dance had gloriously licked Johnny
Crapaud. The larger among them
carried thirty-eight eighteen-poun-
ders; they were all furnished
with boarding MEETINGS half-mast high
and close round the quarters. The
chaps in the tops were armed with
swivels, musquetoons, and pole axes.
In those romantic times the merchant
man saw to- himself There were no
Eliminated plates formed of iron one
remove from the oak betwixt him and
the bottom of the ocean; he sailed in
hearts of oak, and the naval page of
his day resounds with his thunder.
The spirit of that romantic period pen
etrated the ladies who were passen
gers. --ETchdnle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30
A Chronic Tendency Overcome.

Many persons are troubled with chronic
tendency to constipation. They are of bilious
temperament. The complaint to which they
are subject, though easily remediable by judi
cious treatment is, in many cases, aggravated
by resort to drastic purgatives and chola-
gogues. AS the human stomach and bowels
are lined with delicate membrane, and not
with vulcanito, they cannot stand prolonged
drenchng with such medicines without serious
injury. Nothing restores and counteracts an
habitual tendency to constipation SO eifectually
Hostetters Stomach Bitters. Its laxative
effect is gentle and progressive. 1t neither
convulses nor weGkens the intestines, and its
effects are unaccompanied by gripping pains. It
arouses the liver when the organ is sluggish,
promotes digestion, and encourages appetite
and sleep. For fever and ague, kidney troubles,
nervous complaints, and incipiont rheumatism,
it is Incompatible Take n wineglass before
meals and see how soon you will relish them
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30
The Tramp and the Woman.

MADAM" said tramp as he called
at the back door of Sioux Falls resi-
dence, gimme bite!"
"No, sir, can't do it."
"Why not, madam ?"
"You're able to work, sir; don't be-
lieve in encouraging vagrancy. Go on
AL right, madam-don't holler. But
] called on the woman next door last
evening" and she gave me q very diff
ferent answer, madam.
"She was just fool enough to go and
give you something, supposed"
"Oh, no, madam, she didn't give me
nothin' neither, but she give me much
different reason. Good-by, madam !"
Hold on just minute. What did
she say %
"She come to the door all dressed up
in a new yaller dress, an seemed very
much excited, madam, an when she
opens the door l looks in an sees a
man in there sittin' in cheer, madam. 1"
"Mercy, has it come to this with her !
l wouldn't hardly believe it, Here,
don't go away-take this, my good
man."
"Thankee, madam Bakers bread :?
Yes, l generally prefers it to ho'made
bread, specially where they amt none
too good cooks. The butter is jes' a
little tainted, madam. Hain't got no
iell to put on it, l s'pose? Oh, you
have, all right; iell improves it powe'-
fully. No, thankee, l don't keer bout
any fruit cake-better throw it in the
slop-pail where the children won't get
it, madam. Any pie? All, yes, cor
rect, that cream pie is good, but this
apple rather lays over it. I'll put this
cold chicken in my pocket. That'll
do, madam; that is bout all L can
carryl"
"But what was it that woman said to
you?"
l"Why, she seemed excited like, 'sif
she was goin' some place, an she says:
please, go way, sir; we hain't got
nothin' in the house to eat
"A pretty excuse to get you away
But this strange man"
He proved to be her husband,
madam. He come out an kicked me
through the top of shade tree an
then chased me two blocks He's
pizen on tramps, madam. Good-by;
put jes' little more cream in yer pie
crust an it'll improve it!"-Erchange.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30

and for time peddled cheap house
hold articles among tho iackals scat
tered through that section. of the coun-
try. Mexican coin was the only money
in circulation on the frontier then.
Small change was scarce; few pieces
smaller than the medic peso (half-dol-
lar) were to be had.
"This bot cred Ward n good deal,
and he finally hit upon pan whereby
change would become more plenty. h o
collected number OF medic pesos and
proceeded to cut them in half. The
halves passed current as doce reals. or
two shillings. After awhile another
idea occurred to Ward. In cutting the
coins he cut good piece off OF each
side. and retained those pie es. Final
ly medic pesos became scarce and
Ward began cutting these pesos dol
lars), and, strange to say, he monopo-
lized that business then.
"Every once in awhile there Is a
feastus given at Piedras Negras, Mex
lean town Just across the river from
Eagle Pase, and most of the cut co n
was put in circulation there during the
bull-fights. Ward grew rich on the
pieces of silver obtained from the coins
he cut. He built big store and went
into the merchandising business. He
called his place la Piedra Parada, it
being the only stone house in the place
at the time.
"Finally the Mexican Government
got wind of Wards scheme, and nego-
tiations were entered into with this
Government with view to Wards be-
ing turned over to the Mexican author
tiles. Ward heard of it, turned his
property over to fellow named Byron.
and skipped. / understand that he is
now in business in New York. "-Net0
York Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30

The living inhabitants of caverns,
those which mako these regions of con-
tinuous darkness their abiding places,
are numerous and of tho greatest in
terest to the naturalist. OF the several
hundred species known to students, by
far the greatest part belong to the
group OF articulated animals, insects,
and crustaceans, these being the forms
which, of all animals, are the most
varied in structure and best suited for
the odd chances of life which the cav
ems afford. AS the reader we'll knows,
the great problem now before science
is to determine how far the shapes of
living creatures are determined by the
circumstances of the world about them.
and how far this determination has
been brought about through process
of selection, In natural way, of those
varieties which have some accidental
special fitness for the condition in
which they live. Cavern animals afford
us capital bit of evidence toward the
solution of this problem. The prevail
ing close affinity of their forms with
those which live in the upper world of
sunshine and changing seasons shows,
beyond question, that they are all de-
rived from similar forms which once
dwelt in the ordinary conditions of
animal life. What, then, are the eff
fects arising from this complete change
in the circumstances of these under
ground creatures?
The facts are perpleXing in their
variety, and by no means we'll worked
out, but the following points seem to
be we'll established, viz. There is a
manifest tendency of all gayly colored
forms to lose their hues in the caverns,
and to become of an even color. This
may be explained by the simple alb
sence of sunshine, and oil it no conclu-
sions can be based The changes of
the structural parts are of more impor-
lance; these, as might be expected, re-
late mainly to the organs of sense. The
eyes show an evident tendency in all
the groups to fade away. In the char
acteristic cavern-f fishes they have en-
tirely disappeared, the whole structure
which serves for vision being no longer
produced. In the cray-fshes we may
observe certain graduation. Some spe-
cies which abound In caverns are pro-
vided with eyes; others have them
present, but SO imperfect that they
cannot serve as visual organs; yet
others want them altogether. One
species of pseudo-scorpion, as shown
by Professor Hagan, has in the outer
world four eyes, while in the caves it
has been found with two eyes, and
others in an entirely eyeless condition.
Some cavern-beetles have the males
with eyes, while the females are quite
without them. AS whole, the cavern
forms exhibit a singular tendency of
the visual organs, not only to lose their
functions, but also to disappear as
body-parts. At the same time there is
an equal, or even more general, devel-
opment of the antenne and other or
gans of touch; these parts become con-
siderably heightened, and apparently
of greater sensitiveness, change which
is of manifest advantage to the indi-
vidual.-Scribne,'s Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30
BartholdYs Great Work.

The statue of Liberty enlightening the
world, which stands on Bedloe's Island IN the
harbor OF New York, is one Of the most sub
lime artistic conceptions OF modern times.
The torch of the goddess lights the nations OF
the earth to peace, prosperity, and progress,
through Liberty But @liberty" il an empty
word TO the thousands of poor women en-,
shaved by physical ailments hundredfold
more tyrannical than any Nero. To suck suf-
ferers DR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription holds
forth the promise OF a speedy cure. 1t is a
specific In all those arrangements, Irregular
tiles and weaknesses which make life q bur-
don TO 30 many women. The only medicine
sold by druggists, under positive guarantee
from the manufacturers, that it will give sat
isfaction in every case, or money will he re-
funded See guarantee printed on wrapper
inclosing bottle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30
Western Triumphs.

Eastern girl-"How enthusiastic you
are about that Western town."
Western youth-"Town? Not town,
city"
T.. Cob, I didn't understand. I
had an idea from your conversation
that it was rather new place. 1 should
love to visit it and see your art gal
leries, and theaters, and institutions of
learning, and"
W. We'll, we haven't got them
yet, but if you'd come to our city we'd
show you things that would make your
mouth water"
T.. G.-"Ipdeed !"
w. lyon bet! We could show
you some of the finest $4,000 vacant
lots you ever set your eyes on. lid
Bits
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30
IL Was His Wife.

A gentleman entered a phrenologist's
Office in Boston and asked to have his
head examined. After q moments in
spection the Professor started back,
exclaiming:
GOOD heavens you have the most
unaccountable combination of attri-
butes ever discovered in a human be-
ing. Were your parents eccentric2"
"No, sir" replied the all-around
character, meekly, "but my wife is.
You needn't pay any attention to the
larger bumps, sir. "-BarIington Free
Pyesg
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30

The Wisconsin Central Line although a
comparatively new factor in the railroad sys-
TENS of the Northwest, has acquired an envi-
able popularity. Through careful attention
to details, it's service is as near perfection as
might be looked for. The train attendants
seem to regard their trusts as individual
property. and as a result the public is served
par-excelence. The road now runs solid
through fast trains between Chicago, Milwau-
kee, St Paul and Minneapolis with Pullman's
best and unequalled dining cars; it also runs
through, solid sleepers between Chicago, Ash
land, Duluth and tho famous mining regions
of Northern Wisconsin and Michigan
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30

PERHAPS the statement may be of
interest that the little screech-owl is
getting much more common in the vi
cinity of cities in which the English
sparrow has become numerous, and
that the imported birds will find in this
owl as bold an enemy as the sparrow
hawk is to them in Europe, and even
more dangerous, since its attacks are
made toward dusk, at time when the
sparrow has retired for the night, and
is not so wide awake for ways and means
to escaDe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30

RECENTLY an order was received in
the composing-room of Boston publ
cation that Christian names were to be
invariably indicated by initials, the
name in no instance to be printed in
full. The next issue contained men
ton of G.. Cleveland, G.. Washington,
and so on. 1t is said that the order
was revoked when the editor found
Don Quixote's squire figuring on a
proof-sheet as IS. PanZa."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-30
A Texas Napoleon OF Finance.

@Talking about Napoleons of finance, {"
said q well-known Texan, reminds. me
of sharper 1 once met on tho Texas
frontier. This mans name was Ward.
He struck the State dead broke, and
after working in sheep camp long
enough TO make small stake he went
to Eagle Pass, port of entry on the
Rio Grande. Here he made up pack,